As businesses compete for subscribers’ long-term loyalty, key players are increasingly leveraging audiobooks to keep customers coming back. Take, for instance, Spotify, which announced last month the addition of more than 200,000 audiobooks for its Premium subscribers, with 15 hours of listening included in the...
Bookstores — remember those? — have staged something of a comeback during the pandemic years, and the question now is can that really be sustained? Driven by factors from streaming media overload to the timeless appeal of in-store, in-person shopping that has roared back, bookstores...
Barnes & Noble has expanded its offerings in the growing membership program competition. The retailer of books and digital media now offers both a free membership program and one that costs $40 a year. “Barnes & Noble is excited to introduce valued customers to two new membership levels,”...
Waterstones, the U.K. retailer and owner of U.S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, has been undergoing a series of changes to its bookselling model as it tries to battle Amazon, Financial Times reported Sunday. Recently the company has also bought Blackwell’s, which has been a...
November 27, 2024
Shopify reportedly is targeting enterprises as it works to maintain the growth of its commerce platform. Long focused on helping small businesses set up their online shops, the company has launched a dedicated effort to add bigger companies like its existing clients Reebok, Overstock and Barnes & Noble, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Nov. 27). “We’ve built […]
February 17, 2023
Barnes & Noble has expanded its offerings in the growing membership program competition. The retailer of books and digital media now offers both a free membership program and one that costs $40 a...
April 17, 2022
Waterstones, the U.K. retailer and owner of U.S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, has been undergoing a series of changes to its bookselling model as it tries to battle Amazon,...
April 04, 2022
Google Play will soon be more ubiquitous, as developers selling their digital goods on Android apps will have to switch to Google Play billing or else be locked out of...
